That is so true and very real. I also mentor developers, and they do struggle with being overwhelmed. Some want to be very good immediately, and when they realise they cant they panic. I usually don't know how to help them. Thank you, this gives me an idea of a better approach.
I really appreciate you sharing that — mentoring developers is no small responsibility, and you're absolutely right that the pressure to “be great immediately” can overwhelm them, especially when they start facing real-world complexity like architecture decisions or debugging production issues.
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That is so true and very real. I also mentor developers, and they do struggle with being overwhelmed. Some want to be very good immediately, and when they realise they cant they panic. I usually don't know how to help them. Thank you, this gives me an idea of a better approach.
I really appreciate you sharing that — mentoring developers is no small responsibility, and you're absolutely right that the pressure to “be great immediately” can overwhelm them, especially when they start facing real-world complexity like architecture decisions or debugging production issues.